Show UTAH EXPLORERS FIRED UPON I BY REBELS rilling Experience of the Brigham Young Acad Academy emy Expedition in Colombia professor r Cluff Gluff and d Party Return and Tell el en of Sufferings gs and Dan Dangers Dangers Dangers I gers on the Trip TrIpi I I FTER ii a re journey Jilted filled A LI with thrilling adventures trea perilous perno A situations aad M beL t by countless count Professor Pro Benjamin F P duff Cluff J of O the tI Brigham Yo Yoa ng acad aed ey expedition and kd three of ot his h corn CO J H tons n who vh for nearly two years past pt t h ht p I hf ITI a wandering over the moUlt IW I fl the Jungk jun 5 and across he h plain 1 of ot Central T and ad South Anter Anier Antera a 4 on in fl It a jt exploring expedition ill in this thie city yesterday morning J Ij 1 on 1 ill their way wa on to tee teeL L al rny at Provo Prove in the afternoon Th hv y hn I tight with them thrilling i p ni 0 II trox ro death eatla and aDd dan danI I jr gr r m In fl lands la uris of tend and aud foes f 8 a II big bl tock N Ic of valuable information and aad nan nany sp gathered in the theman I man countries count visited In hla the was fired Ared AredE I E n from ambush h by a a pat ty of ot armed nned ur the th bullets bullet hying in tn a tea tei tear rj r T y above aboe and around the ex exI I 1 nr r and it Jt was Wall not until Mr Ir Ciuffi j i a flag fag of truce a 81 l had been flod i t t II ic JI 1111 he M h advanced ed toward thc ti that peace pac PM relatione were fore et f erand and th party allowed Wed to pro 1 l 1 having sustained injury Great Physical Sufferings TIN Ill underwent under nt all the Jh 8 1 lU ju of long marh J on foot the Ih pangs of ot hunter hunKer in lands stricken by br famine were the victims of the ray aging ng diseases diSa 8 bred in the miasma jungles braved dangers that Might 1 have hare ha C been boen fatal tatal and Were vere finally f rl i to 10 bandon abandon their theta trip because r th hi tile attitude of or the Insurgents insurgent n Il Colombia but Mr lr Oluff Cluff and his hl cpm com declare themselves well ell satis saUs fi ti 1 l v ith tho th results of oC the expedition and ani their I determination Uon to take up the theW thewl wo wl W where here they hey t were forced fo to lay i a n as SS s 5 the thO conditions n will permit of it The Th members NI of f the party p rt are greatly over the country through T hb h rb they th y have ban been wandering and andin in n the light of what hat they h Y accomplished hf not oot one of the party would have 11 f for t 1 the p pleasure ure of the tup tupU tI p on U of the th dangers It pre Explorers Are Congratulated Mr fr duff luff by Walter Valtor r S ST ST T ton of Beaver Bt Asa Ki of or Nephi N and aDd Heher H tr of ar al arrived rived in tn this city it over OV nv the Short Liner Line v tc t Jay and spending r dt dl h MM with l f fiend upon their safe te return took bolt the tle 5 i lck k Rio Grande yesterday after rw n for mr their respective re homes The It of the nine men who 00 started jt Ut are UP strung trun along between New NewYork York Yirk Colombia Cheater anBu VanBur anBurn r Tn rn n i StIlL in Colombia collecting birds Mr 11 Ht Honning henning nning and James Adams AdamI are in while John Fairbanks the theli atIt iti li t of the expedition is bs in New York v his hi way sy y home with wit It mot most extensive arid interesting collection of ot pictures i Th to who whose e lot Jot fell feU some some Df f the thc he most nto t thrilling experiences 8 hd forth on this p under l on n the day of Aril April A ThOO 1106 1 lh h mules mue to transport them and their t KO f on nn a trip that was to have bave ct at Valparaiso Chile but which wh h hin o ing in m to In unforeseen uno n circumstances lm cm to tn an end at Bogota Do otA Colombia Purpose of Expedition The purpose of th the explorers was wan to it lr ruins minK and gather ther data tend Jill nc tig to 10 show OlIu the t he existence tenee of or a t rap ran ra and collect other informs t tIn n and aM of interest to ti 11 5 worl The incidents and ex ox i s of interest that could be mt re rea a l 1 lor y the members of oC the party p uld fin ml fi II a book but Professor I the time that he had I v gave an outline of or some of or Uie Ule t and ami interesting 1 the th trip I The Th most mo l exciting incident of our trip IrP sail Mr Chit Chiff ChI cc rr d near where we e were for tor i r rS S LJ I to r apt and Sired Ired upon unon bj the tHa an It ambush We Intel had made nade an a long match march without a guide and nd Were w le riding slowly along on our mules muje m and worn out out when there was a roar ef r dUe M some me twenty or more bullets sang si R said d around our heads with hisses blue Fortunately For tu nat ly none n e fn u Was struck and as quickly as at possible I L hoisted ted a white flag Mf and started tard ard the place from front which the shoU sh ta laid i proceeded While on the ft 03 ay two more shots were w re fired and 8 d the sang by my ears but they went wide of their mark mork and anti the in tn insurgents Insurgents r l the white flag Made Nad Mad Friends With K Rebels bels As soon GOn as o it was explained to them th m that WC Were scientific S explorers e and nd I not spins spies they entered into the th moss moet m et relations with tie as and tOI for Ute the next two w ks we spent the time visiting vl with them in their tents along alo the Ule coast gt The call was wan 88 a close clo e one for fOl us Uli and nd w We e feel any the better for hay nav ing had hd it but we pressed on to Gown eolen where whre we w sold our mules mus dud and nd proceeded by boat The most mo t trying portion of or our trip was from S Sn n Jose Jo e Costa Rica to Pan Panama Panama ama ma made during the rainy rain season For Fat three weeks we e followed an Indian foot path through a dense dt t se forest and jungle tilled with miasmic diseases the Uhe physical strain of such a trip was ws severe enough but added to that that all 11 of ot us f felt lt the ravages of some sunie disease or other and it was as a weary and worn company of explorers that finished up at the end of the long tramp through the th narrow forest roadway We Ve all a managed to pull through though aided aide by the hospitality of or friendly Indian tribes that were very helpful h to us Was Distressing Trip The trip through Guatemala was a most distressing one The corn crop had hd failed and the people of the land landwere landwere were ware struggling gling for tor life in a hattie battle with famine that at threatened to devas devastate devastate tate the land The expedition under underwent underwent underwent went great physical suffering from the lack Jack of water and food but with a de do determination de termination to carry out their plans the members of or the tile party regardless s of the privations J they had bad to sager suiter tarried Tied in the country e gathering infer a 1 cn 8 successfully made m de the trip jp through it 45 l tI U BC during Ute trip jp perhaps was that to the th ruins of In order to get to the ruins the Tha party was as forced to travel no 0 less Iea than wo miles on foot It re required re required d weeks to t ti make mAJ the trip and phy physical endurance on the part of the ex cx explorers that was almost superhuman but all aU of the party palt got pt through and end andt those t se who vho have ave returned say they th would not have ha ve missed seeing the ruins ha tUIe y had b to travel twice the din dis distance d i itane tance tane There were ere many other incidents Just as u trying and thrilling ai a those I Ib have b e related elated said Mr Ir duff Cluff but in inthe Inthe inthe the short time UMe I have I cannot caB not relate them Indians Were hostile Waking Taking up p the Ut tb narrative of the trip fr m Colon olon mules were sold Mr MI duff said saki We then went ent by steamer to but finding the U San Bins Blag Indians in a hostile state we I were unable un to cross c cru the reservation and went on up P to Honda Hernia where we spent two to or three th e weeks studying th surrounding country gathering and exploring the banks of the Magdalena Mag alena river Further progress pr ess was 35 cut off at Honda Hoed by b t I Insurgents so 8 wp Wf again purchased mules mU 8 and went to Bogata the capital of ot Colombia Columbia thinking to tf get l around the enemy by another road However when we reached ogata Bogata we were informed by the American minis mints minister minister ter that it would be courting death to alt o proceed further r through th the S I OJ y I country and the Colombian minister of war wrote rote us that be he could coWd not of offer for fer u Q no till the protection of the govern govera t and aid i eC us not DOl to attempt to toSO 90 SO farther We ve deemed it the fliOy plan to give dye up p the trip there at least Iet for tor the time being Item and m home Decide to Come Home Kome Accordingly y five of or us us including my ray three companions and Mr FaIr Fairbank bank loft toft l mug atoning to Galveston From there myself and my companions came home bome via th the Union Pacific but Mr Fairbanks went by New York and will Arrive later late r ThI T h rest rE of the boys are still gathering specimens s imf ns and information informal information willi l tion in the places P already mentioned sD on OIl Page 3 3 UTAH EXPLORERS WERE FIRED UPON BY REBELS It Continued from front Pane Page 1 t f I ourse nurse the trip was a hard one ODe HI u II are art glad Fiad to get l j back bOlt we e t l repaid for all that we e have bave tuf on un account of it We Ve have lune gH much mU h valuable and interest r U information and have hae se a sen worth the seeing lI ng We W visited Ux th in h Siena Madras aa an aai a th ih i and cave eoye e houses iu hi i Chi Citi ChiTs Ts Jt s et t Of or all the lite th ruin rin visited tile the grandest I eM were W re at to Ce e el l cn i ti These raw alone were tuh th he whoM Ito trip all an th larger lal r ruins we int all through Central and aid nd South m i vid uces of rf M 3 ancient MeieR people Th l w e ere re in the shape of nud and J pm a 11 the etty j 1 tiala mala are showing that I It Ii II ancient time there was an un I f mr m 1 jy there There Ther are scores cores of UI th and most of them are thir ty t t ur ie C feet f t In hi hiI Might l I oi tes the la vre We ve secured 11 It thc study ol oS these rum mine we weah wed ah d 1 I 1 valuable about the 1 m agricultural possibilities of th and tout the th animals a in halo hal oI th fort forest and aad jungles jangles of Birds u 11 11 he returns Mr lr Van Buren 1 tl bly have haw one ODe of the most mOtt ex cx exy t y and l nd valuable collection of birds bIrd 1 by any ay one in the country lIr i r banks has scores of pictures tN tak an all along a the way wu from front begin besta t 1 r t end nd and we have ft t 11 ns of various arlou kinds that wIll wIllI I liable to the academy a emy 1 1 turee we were unable to extend S SL v L p to the place p we e first had bad in 1 hut but we consider that what we JIo I more than Un repays us W h h we put forth arid and It t tu Is u 11 t tn non if possible poal to take tak u jv t th h V p where we e were forced fored to drop I 1 Our r researches hi in the tae thes s ht beyo ond where w e we wt were because beCU use lr t t r r h and aDd resources of those th e S Ss r IS s u tre not dreamed of r trip showed abo us that the country countr p mra and aad South America te Is rich riel richi rc h I i l Il gold oId being belli found in la th thu gr j ond nd the th quarts QUI form fonn Then ee L LU tr U l is i of coal oal and aad fine fineIn S LS In agricultural po no DO n fiur that I D of will it It Anong Arong the principal agricultural prod T s ire are the th cocoa bean beaD p I sr n Ir cane niD and aDd coffee Th Hi Th agricultural resources of tM t tare I t r rv are but beginning to be d dep fB 1 1 u and the greatest slId neld of r pd r s lies before fore the Uie agriculturist t thre 1 I mb wIdth which h h is the most InISt no ea eai n i t ra country visited e t t is IsI 0 e u e t in la a turmoil but it is i worth I it i to see IMe e the country and the t poe po potes tes s of f H It |